Northeast Ohio Medical University

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Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED)
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Former names
Northeast Ohio Universities College of Medicine (1973–2007)
Northeast Ohio Universities Colleges of Medicine and Pharmacy (2007–2011)
Type Public health sciences university
EstablishedNovember 23, 1973;50 years ago (1973-11-23)
Parent institution
 University System of Ohio
Academic affiliations
Endowment $22.8 million [1]
President John Langell
Provost C. Forrest Faison III (interim) [2]
Academic staff
96 Rootstown-based [3]
Administrative staff
404 (2019) [3]
Students982 (Fall 2022) [4]
M.D. - 615
Pharm.D. - 297
Graduate - 70
Dual Enrollment- 18
Location
Rootstown Township
,
Ohio
,
United States

41°06′11″N81°14′39″W / 41.10306°N 81.24417°W / 41.10306; -81.24417
CampusRural, 120 acres (49 ha)
Colors Blue and Gray
  
Affiliations
MascotNate the Walking Whale
Website neomed.edu
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Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED) is a public medical school in Rootstown, Ohio, United States. It specializes in graduate education in medicine and pharmacy but also has a College of Graduate Studies.

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Its medical school has partnerships with four public universities (Akron, Cleveland State, Kent State, and Youngstown State) [6] and one private college (Hiram). It also has 24 hospital partners, while the pharmacy school has over 100 pharmacy partners. The class size has grown to around 160 medical and 80 pharmacy students.

History

NEOMED Education and Wellness Center in 2015, prior to expansion NEW Center 1.jpg
NEOMED Education and Wellness Center in 2015, prior to expansion

The medical university was begun by Leonard Caccamo, who became its first chairman of the Board of Trustees. As medical director of St. Elizabeth Hospital in Youngstown, Ohio, he began the planning for the university. He was assisted by Harry Meshel, then majority leader of the Ohio Senate. With the assistance of Lyle Williams, Congressman for the Ohio 17th district, a feasibility study was begun in concert with the Youngstown Hospital Association to address a regional need for primary care physicians and use existing facilities at the state universities and hospitals in the area. Based on that initial study a three-city consortium of Akron, Canton, and Youngstown was developed with the University of Akron, Kent State University, and Youngstown State University. Cleveland State University was added in 2008. [7]

The school was established as the Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine (NEOUCOM) by the Ohio state legislature in 1973, and the campus site in Rootstown along Ohio State Route 44 near Interstate 76 was selected in 1974 with groundbreaking in December 1975. The first class was selected in September 1977 and included 42 students from UA, KSU, and YSU in a combined B.S./M.D. program. They graduated in 1981, the same year the school became fully accredited. [8] [9]

The College of Pharmacy, approved in 2005, was inaugurated with 75 students in August 2007 in the Doctor of Pharmacy degree program, and the school's name was changed accordingly to the Northeastern Ohio Universities Colleges of Medicine and Pharmacy. [10] In keeping with the school's rural setting, the Doctor of Pharmacy program has a community pharmacy emphasis. In May 2011, the university graduated its inaugural class of 61 pharmacists.

The university has collaborative arrangements with other colleges and universities to offer graduate-level education in biomedical sciences and biomedical engineering.

Jay Gershen began his term as the sixth president of the university on January 15, 2010. In his February 2010 address, he announced a name-change for the university to Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED). This was signed into law on April 29, 2011. [11] [12] Following Gershen's retirement in 2019, John Langell was appointed the seventh president of the university. [13]

In 2022, NEOMED announced the creation of a new dental school. [14]

Accreditation

The College of Medicine is accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education and the College of Pharmacy is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education. The Master of Public Health program is accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health.

Campus

NEW Center and Bio-Med Science Academy main entrance in 2020 after expansion NEOMED-Campus Medical-Office-Building.png
NEW Center and Bio-Med Science Academy main entrance in 2020 after expansion

The main campus is located in Rootstown, Ohio, approximately 14 miles (23 km) east of Akron, 33 miles (53 km) west of Youngstown, and 45 miles (72 km) southeast of Cleveland.

The third floor of the NEW Center is home to the Bio-Med Science Academy, a STEM public school for grades 7–12. On the northern edge of campus, the university offers on-campus housing for professional students, faculty, and staff in The Village at NEOMED, which opened in 2014. [15]

Bio-Med Science Academy

In August 2012, Northeast Ohio Medical University opened Bio-Med Science Academy, a public high school with a Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) curriculum and an additional focus on medicine (STEM+M). The first class had 70 students with successive freshmen classes added each school year. As of August 2015, enrollment is approximately 400 students in grades 9–12. [16]

Notable alumni

Notable faculty

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References

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  2. ↑ Abbey McCafferty, Rachel (March 30, 2023). "Former Navy surgeon general named provost at NEOMED". Crain's Cleveland Business. Retrieved May 29, 2023.
  3. 1 2 2019 Key Performance Indicators. Northeast Ohio Medical University. October 4, 2019. Retrieved October 16, 2019.
  4. ↑ Fall 2022 NEOMED Enrollment. Northeast Ohio Medical University. September 30, 2022. Retrieved October 27, 2022.
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